PathScale, developer of innovative software and hardware solutions to accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux® clusters, has announced the appointment of Michael P. McPherson as Vice President of Sales. McPherson brings more than 20 years of high-technology sales management experience to PathScale, and will be responsible for driving the company's growth within the high-performance computing (HPC) and enterprise computing markets.

McPherson previously held sales management positions with 3COM Corporation, Alteon WebSystems, Bay Networks, SynOptics Communications, Nortel Networks, Neterion (formerly S2io Technologies), and Texas Instruments. Most recently, he was Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development and Sales for S2io Technologies, where he helped secure startup funding and established OEM and strategic relationships with such companies as IBM, EMC, Cisco, HP, Dell and Network Appliance. Prior to that, at Nortel Networks, he was Director of Business Development for the companys 10-Gigabit Ethernet products.

"Michael brings to PathScale a unique depth of experience in high-speed networking and close collaboration with global OEMs and systems vendors," said Art Goldberg, COO and Chief Strategy Officer of PathScale. "He's an important strategic addition to our core management team as we move forward into new market segments with our new industry-leading low-latency InfiniBand-compatible cluster interconnect products.

Last month, PathScale released unprecedented results on industry-standard benchmark tests achieved by its new InfiniPath™ cluster interconnect for InfiniBand that plugs into standard HyperTransport™ technology-based HTX slots on AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers. Over 25 leading Linux system vendors around the world have signed on to resell InfiniPath HTX Adapters. McPherson will be closely involved with managing and expanding PathScale's channel relationships and OEM partnerships.

"The market momentum that PathScale has achieved and the depth of engineering talent is what enticed me to join PathScale. Its an honor to be selected to join such an impressive team. I look forward to taking PathScale to the next level in its evolution as a world-class high-performance technology developer," McPherson said.

McPherson earned a degree in Business Administration from California State University in San Diego. He will be based at PathScale corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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